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Southport has traditionally seen many Labour voters back the Lib Dems in a bid to stop the Conservatives gaining power, but this time there was much agonising over whether Liz Savage (Labour) or Sue McGuire (Lib Dem) was the best candidate to vote for.

In a result that shocked many, Labour came in second place with 15,627 votes and a 13% increase for Parliamentary candidate Liz Savage.

Liberal Democrat candidate Sue McGuire came in third with 12,661 votes and an almost 5% drop in the vote share for her party.

Putting those results into context - more people voted for second place candidate Liz Savage than for former MP John Pugh in the 2015 General Election.

A ‘Jeremy Corbyn rave’ took place in Liverpool

Labour gained 30 seats nationally, with Jeremy Corbyn declaring: “We are now a government in waiting and we must think and act at all times with that in mind.

“We will continue to take the fight to the Tories and I will be out campaigning around the country in Conservative marginals in those extra seats we need to gain to deliver the government for the many that almost 13 million people voted for last week.”

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